was the 7th Naitō ''

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) and 12th hereditary chieftain of the Takatō-Naitō clan. His

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was ''Ōsumi-no-kami'', later ''Yamato-no-kami'' and subsequently ''Suruga-no-kami'', and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.

Biography

Naitō Yoriyasu was the third son of

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, and was proclaimed heir after his elder brother Yorikata was disinherited for reasons which are unknown to history. He became ''daimyō'' in 1820 on the retirement of his father. In 1826 he became a ''

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'' and was promoted to the post of ''

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'' in 1841. he was noted as a scholar, and for his familiarity with

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. He attempted to reform the domain's finances by encouraging the development of commerce, opening new rice fields and establishing a domain monopoly on

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. He maintained an active correspondence with other reform-minded ''daimyō'', including

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. However, most of his efforts were thwarted by peasant revolts. He also submitted missives to the shogunate warning of Japan's weak military position vis-a-vis the United States, supported the efforts of

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to be filled with seawater, which he stocked with fish. It is also recorded that when he invited his fellow ''daimyō'' over for a fishing party, he made sure that the stocked fish were well-fed beforehand, so that his guests would not catch any. He retired from public life in 1859 and died in 1862.His grave is at the temple of Taizō-ji in Shinjuku, Tokyo. His first wife was a daughter of

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. After her death, he remarried to an adopted daughter of

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of Himeji.

References

* ''The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Naitō, Yoriyasu Fudai daimyo Naitō clan 1800 births 1862 deaths Wakadoshiyori